Search Details

Word: defeatingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...work with any outsiders, even your closest friends and family. You’ll be assigned seemingly impossible missions (code named “problem sets”). And you will struggle in solitude or with a small band of comrades until you complete your mission. Suffer an ignominious defeat, and transfer to Computer Science. On a more physical plane, the Math department occupies some prime real estate. Its lounge opens onto a balcony above the science center’s front doors and is equipped with coffee machines that dispense their bitter nectar to supplicants day, night, and that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mathematics | 9/14/2006 | See Source »

Gabrieli later echoed his opponent, saying that “I would prefer to see the legislature vote to defeat [the bill...

Author: By Nicholas K. Tabor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gov. Contenders Woo GLBTs | 9/13/2006 | See Source »

...products that make them feel safe. A candidate’s party affiliation or his opinions are less important to this lonely American society than his ability to make individuals feel familiar and secure. This book can greatly enlighten those shocked by John F. Kerry’s 2004 defeat, as it gives a fascinating in-depth look at the tactics of the Bush campaign to target new voters. “LifeTargeting” mines consumer data (purchased from credit card companies) to pair with voter lists, creating a master list which can be organized...

Author: By Kristina M. Moore, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fournier Interviews America | 9/13/2006 | See Source »

...help Democrats. Needing to win six seats to capture the Senate, Democrats were rooting for Laffey, which would have meant they could save and concentrate their campaign funds on key races in Tennessee, Virginia and Ohio. Now, Democrats will have to work aggressively and spend heavily to defeat Chafee, who has such a liberal record on issues like the environment that he?s almost assured of wooing some Democratic voters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chafee Gives the G.O.P. Many Reasons to Smile | 9/13/2006 | See Source »

...Assad, whose regime is officially secular despite its close alliance with the Islamic Republic of Iran, often casts himself as the champion of radical Islamic movements. Last month, in a speech openly ridiculing moderate Arab leaders, he hailed Hizballah's war in Lebanon as a stinging defeat for Israel that undercut American plans for the region. But it is beginning to look like at least some of the Islamists consider his regime the enemy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Syria May Be the Real Victim of the Attack | 9/12/2006 | See Source »

Previous | 257 | 258 | 259 | 260 | 261 | 262 | 263 | 264 | 265 | 266 | 267 | 268 | 269 | 270 | 271 | 272 | 273 | 274 | 275 | 276 | 277 | Next